A death tax is the tax that is charged to the heirs of any person who has died and left them real estate, personal property, stocks and bonds and cash.
The nickname 'death tax' applies to the estate tax.
In the United States, death tax is otherwise known as Estate tax. The meaning of this death tax or estate tax is the taxable estate of a dead person. Meaning whether a home will be transferred by will or, by trust.
What effect does a tax lien have on the owners?
A death tax as well as other taxes were charged as early as the 12th century.
Introduced in 1967 but went into effect early 1968.
The term "death tax" refers the fact that death itself triggers the tax or the transfer of assets on which the tax is assessed. Each state has its own death tax laws. To find your state and the laws pertaining to death taxes in that state, refer to this website: http://retirementliving.com/RLtaxes.html
No. Death proceeds are received income tax free by beneficiaries.
what effect do pretax salary reductions have on the federal income tax?
property tax is considered as direct tax effect of property tax directly falls to the owner.
The so-called "death tax" is more properly known as inheritance tax and is the tax charged on property or money left to a beneficiary in a person's will after their death. Some items and bequests are exempt from this tax and a very good explanation of how this tax works in the United States is given at this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estate_tax_in_the_United_States
"Death Tax" refers to an Estate Tax. If your estate is worth $1,500,000 or less the estate is exempt from an estate tax. I assume most indigents don't have an estate that is worth that much.
upon death, estate tax is not required.